Unplugging from Fossil Fuels is topic of Oct. 2 panel discussion at UMD

Wednesday

Sep 25, 2013 at 10:45 AM

DARTMOUTH — Learn how every penny saved on fossil fuels can help build a healthier, more sustainable new economy at the panel discussion, "From Divestment to Reinvestment: Unplugging from Fossil Fuels to Empower the New Economy" from 3:30 to 6 p.m. (reception to follow) on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at UMass Dartmouth's Woodland Commons. Come early for a special presentation by Stephanie Rearick from 1 to 3 p.m. on Time Banking and the New Economy!

DARTMOUTH — Learn how every penny saved on fossil fuels can help build a healthier, more sustainable new economy at the panel discussion, "From Divestment to Reinvestment: Unplugging from Fossil Fuels to Empower the New Economy" from 3:30 to 6 p.m. (reception to follow) on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at UMass Dartmouth's Woodland Commons. Come early for a special presentation by Stephanie Rearick from 1 to 3 p.m. on Time Banking and the New Economy!

Some say without fossil fuels our economy will collapse. Others say there is a new economy to be made. When we spend on oil and gas, the money is sent overseas and wasted on enterprises that pollute our environment while endangering our future. Divesting from fossil fuels — shifting our spending into renewable and green energy sources — also keeps our spending close to home, since green energy sources are necessarily local and nonpolluting.

The event is sponsored by the Sustainability Initiative at UMass Dartmouth, the Institute for Policy Studies, the Southeastern Massachusetts Council on Sustainability, the Bristol Community College Institute for Sustainability and Post-Carbon Education, and the Southeastern Massachusetts Time Exchange.